9 Secret Video Game Areas You Weren't Meant To Find (Commenter's Edition)

6. The Buzzard Fortress - Mad Max

Destined to forever be one of the shiniest hidden gems of the 8th generation for the rest of time, Mad Max releasing on the exact same day as Metal Gear Solid 5 completely obliterated its reach.

Thankfully, the game is stellar, combat is meaty and satisfying, and the open world is filled with jaw-dropping storms for you to get caught up in. All of this creates a sense of sheer exploration, and before long you'll be testing the limits of what lies beyond the walls of the map itself.

Well, as The Triggered Cracker suggests - and was documented by Dan Allen Gaming, there's one prominent location that exists in the brown smush that is the eastern portion of the world map.

Journey here and you'll find what looks like a gang hideout. It's hard to access, but get inside the wreckage and you can actually descend into what's become known as the Buzzard Fortress - the HQ of the gang in question.

There are goons to pummel, crafting components to hoover up, and even a unique car you can drive - but not store - afterwards.

Maybe at one point Avalanche were going to do something story-related with this area, but left it off the beaten path for us Road Warriors to find instead?

Again though, Avalanche's Mad Max is supremely polished, gorgeously rendered open-world game with light survival elements and brutally impactful combat. It might skew towards genericism overall, but there's so much out there to track down, it's well worth visiting this particular wasteland.